Beast Soul

BOOM!

Noah and Adrian watched as the wolf-like creature was knocked sideways through the air by the enormous dark shape that charged at the wall at full speed, crashing through the glass windows and the walls.

The wolf-like creature let out a soft high-pitched squeak as it was flung away. The tremendous force that came with the attack forced the creature to slam against the wall on the opposite side, easily crashing through it before landing on another room with a loud noise.

GRRRAR!

"W-Wha… A dragon?" Adrian held his head and stared at the creature that had crashed into the building with fear and awe. Noah turned his head to look at the creature, and he saw its large head emerge from the back of the destroyed wall. It turned to look at Noah and then moved its gaze towards Adrian, who flinched as he met its gaze. It stepped forward, and its full body came into view. The creature raised its head, lifting its jaw and growled, and Adrian stared at it with fright.

"Adrian, it's alright," Noah patted him on the shoulder and whispered. "It saved us. It's not our enemy."

Adrian looked at Noah with confusion in his eyes. Clearly, he did not believe him.

The dragon stared at the room the wolf-like creature was thrown into. It's nostrils moved, as if it was smelling and it made a series of soft grunts, but it didn't move. It seemed hesitant, waiting.

'Is he waiting for the creature to get back up?' Noah thought.

"N- Noah," Adrian turned to look at Noah and said. "This is our chance. We should probably get going before the creature gets up and a fight ensues."

Noah nodded his head, but he didn't turn his head away from the dragon. He said nothing. His face was blank, as if he was having difficulty processing such information. Finally, after a brief period of silence, Noah glanced at Adrian and said, "All right. Let's leave."

Adrian nodded, and Noah pulled him up and dragged him out of the hallway and towards the staircase on the other side.

Before stepping down onto the stairs, Noah tilted his head and took a peek at the dragon. It was still not moving, and was simply waiting. Just then, it turned its head towards Noah and they both made eye contact. Noah nodded his head at the dragon, and it let out a strange noise using its nostrils.

He then turned back and dragged Adrian down the stairs, and their figures disappeared from the hallway.

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GRRRRA!

A moment later, a loud and terrifying roar emerged from the other room, and the dragon immediately turned its head around, opened its jaws, and roared back in response.

CLICK! CLICK!

The wolf-like creature emerged from the darkness, hissing at the dragon, which roared loudly. The creature began moving slowly in a slow semicircle, its eyes fixated on the dragon, which just simply stood still.

ZOOM!

All of a sudden, the creature charged forward. It moved incredibly fast, shrieking loudly as it leapt into the air, aiming for the back of the dragon.

It was fast. But the dragon was faster.

SWOOSH!

The dragon spun sideways in an instant and swung its tail straight at the creature.

BAM!

The tail struck the creature and knocked it back, landing a powerful blow on it as the creature was sent flying backwards, bursting through the walls yet again and crashing onto the floor.

RRRRRAR!

It immediately sprung back up right after it crashed onto the floor, hissing at the dragon in fury. The dragon roared again, and this time, it sprinted forward.

Swoosh!

The dragon swung its tail as it approached the creature, but right before the attack could land, the creature leapt up into the air and landed on top of the dragon.

AWOOOO!

The wolf-like creature howled loudly and immediately bit onto the dragon's body, which made it shriek in pain. The dragon, now realizing that the creature was on top of it, immediately rushed back and slammed itself onto the wall behind it.

BAM!

The two creatures burst through the wall and crashed to the floor. The wolf-like creature was flung off from the top of the dragon and snarled in fury. But before it could get up from the floor, the dragon, which had recovered from the crash with an incredible speed, rushed forward and bit its neck as the creature howled in pain.

Flap!

The dragon stretched its enormous leathery wings and flapped it once, causing a burst of air as it floated up into the air, grabbing the wolf-like creature with it.

The dragon flapped its wings again, this time repeatedly, and it shot upwards like a rocket, bursting through the roof of the factory building as if it was made out of paper.

The wolf-like creature snarled angrily as it tried to squirm out of the dragon's tight mouth, and as if it was finally granting the creature's request, the dragon loosened its grip, causing the creature to fall out of its mouth.

GRRRRRAR!

The creature roared with fury at the dragon as it fell to its death, and the dragon replied with an equally terrifying roar before flapping its wings and flying away.

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Hershey's Street.

"Keep moving! You can do it!" Noah said as he dragged Adrian with him.

"Aaargh..." Adrian screamed loudly as he tried his best to keep up with Noah's pace. Because of his injuries, he was a bit slow. But he was persistent.

They were walking for about five minutes. Now that they were in a much more populated part of the city, Noah could feel a bit more safe. They weren't alone anymore.

"Hey, are you alright, kid?" Hearing a concerned voice, Noah turned around and found a man dressed in a suit and wearing a fedora staring at the both of them.

"Sh*t! What the hell, you're badly injured..." Lewis was on the way to pick up coffee for Detective Harry Stone when he noticed two boys walking together with one hand over the shoulder of the other. He then noticed that one of the kids was limping, which made him suspicious. That was why he had approached them.

But to think it was this bad.

"Help!" Noah screamed at him. "He needs to get to a hospital!"

"All right! Alright!" He immediately rushed to grab Adrian from the other side. "That's my car over there! We can take him to the Hemingway Memorial Hospital. It's much closer. We'll get there in a jiffy."

Noah nodded his head and the two helped Adrian get into the convertible car. Lewis then turned to Noah and showed him his badge. "By the way, I'm Detective Lewis Fitzgerald. I thought you might want to know since you're getting into my car."

"I'm Noah." Noah replied as he got into the back seat and then pointed at Adrian. "That's Adrian." "Urgh..." Adrian groaned.

Lewis nodded his head, signalling the end of the quick introduction, and instantly started the car and drove off.